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[Chasingstars]

Ketenramm did multiple expeditions 80 years ago, not just one. It's said in one of the same books you were looking at:


Merlwyb discovered the first safe passage west.

Considering he was there when the kingdom was created and Wuk Lamat said the language was created "some time ago", I took that all to mean that it was a part of the initial unification 80 years ago. The letter could very well be written by Ketenramm since we don't know when he died or when he stopped going west or even if he just stayed west.

Regardless, I would still say it could go either way on that town shown being Eorzean or Turali but I lean towards Turali since we know there's a Miqo prince, who could be the same prince as the one who has an interest in technology and has been to the Studium, and could be of the same people as the suspenders-wearing Miqo'te from the trailer and they could have been speaking Turali-Eorzean pidgin and had a script this whole time.

Yes but the book makes the distinction between an Expedition and a Trade Expedition. When Merlwyb first started charting this was just an expedition like Ketenramm's, the book then later notes 3 years after her charting she embarks on a Trade Expedition.

EDIT:

Over the Horizon (found in Gubal Library)

“Though there is some debate as to whether or not Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn and her League of Lost Bastards were the first Eorzeans to discover the western continent, there is no denying that their navigational charts were instrumental in establishing the major trade routes of today.

Moreover, the accounts from their expedition are widely regarded as both informative and entertaining. of particular note is their first encounter with the Mamool Ja, as well as other indigenous peoples and creatures which seemed curiously intent on their demise.

These travel journals have since inspired a legion of explorers and treasure hunters to retrace the League’s journey. Yet in spite of their numbers, the existence of a “bleedin’ city o’ gold” remains unconfirmed…”

EDIT 2: I do agree its probably gotten a pidgin written language now. As having major trade routes now and for 18 years likely caused the written and spoken tongue to radically change. And I do agree that its very possible that miqote at the studium and sharalyan itself were essentially bi-lingual in Turali and Eorezan. Which that is also evident with Erenville as he is bi-lingual.